"It's hiring people who NEED to be managed." – this sentence resonates with me completely. I’ve been working in the industry for years and unfortunately, most developers simply don’t think. They get tasks and just write code.
A few years ago, I was a lead on a team where the developers actually knew the technology we were using much better than I did - so they were better devs in this particular poject. And yet, they were still happy that I was the lead because I had the bigger picture in mind, and they could come to me and ask: “So what should I pick from the backlog next?”
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That’s exactly the paradox, isn’t it?
We talk about autonomy, but we’ve trained people to wait for direction, even when they know better.
It’s not about skill — it’s conditioning. Most devs learned that taking initiative can backfire, so they play it safe and “pick from the backlog.”
What you did as a lead is what real leadership should be: bringing context, not control.
When people understand why, they don’t need to be managed.
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"It's hiring people who NEED to be managed." – this sentence resonates with me completely. I’ve been working in the industry for years and unfortunately, most developers simply don’t think. They get tasks and just write code.
A few years ago, I was a lead on a team where the developers actually knew the technology we were using much better than I did - so they were better devs in this particular poject. And yet, they were still happy that I was the lead because I had the bigger picture in mind, and they could come to me and ask: “So what should I pick from the backlog next?”
That’s exactly the paradox, isn’t it?
We talk about autonomy, but we’ve trained people to wait for direction, even when they know better.
It’s not about skill — it’s conditioning. Most devs learned that taking initiative can backfire, so they play it safe and “pick from the backlog.”
What you did as a lead is what real leadership should be: bringing context, not control.
When people understand why, they don’t need to be managed.